Friday, November 4th, 2011
Almost all the leading travel management companies (TMCs) are agreed on the growing importance to the business traveller of Europe's rail network.
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
LONDON, October 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Virgin Trains plans to add thousands more seats to its award-winning services during next year following today´s announcement of an eight-month extension to its West Coast franchise. Virgin Rail Group …
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Thousands More Seats as Virgin Trains Goes for Growth
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Friday, October 14th, 2011
LONDON, October 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Looking for a hassle-free, convenient and sustainable alternative to paper timetables or route maps? Virgin Trains has introduced new mobile phone-friendly versions of its popular pocket timetables and …
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Virgin Trains Launches Pocket Timetables Direct to Your Phone
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
DuPage Children's Museum specialist Marcia MacRae and the staff considered a lot of options before developing the latest exhibit. In talking to families, the choice "was very clear," she said. "Trains." The exhibit, "Trains - Get on Board!" opened to raves as children drive a pretend train, watch model trains go around the tracks and climb a control tower.
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
Let the whistle blow! Kids can indulge their fascination with choo-choos at DuPage Children's Museum's new "Trains -- Get on Board" exhibit that opened Monday. Youngsters can drive the engine, see two model trains running on the tracks, purchase their ride at the ticket booth, climb the control tower and do a host of other activities associated with trains.
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Train exhibit on track at DuPage Children’s Museum
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
LONDON, August 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Passenger revenues up 11 to GBP39.9 million - Premium payment of GBP110m to Government - Passenger numbers reach 28 million Virgin Trains today announced …
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Booming Passenger Numbers Drive Record Revenues at Virgin Trains
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Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Seven trains were cancelled as the engine and six coaches of the Bangalore-bound Guwahati-Bangalore Express derailed and were hit by a passenger train passing on the adjacent tracks in West Bengal's Malda district Sunday evening, a railway official said. One person died in the incident.
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
HONG KONG - The deadly collision of two bullet trains in eastern Zhejiang province on Saturday, in which 39 people were killed and another 192 injured, has raised fears not only over the safety of China's fast expanding high-speed rail network but also over its high-speed development under the so-called "China model".
Continue here: Speedy growth lays tracks of China's tears
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